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Electronic Paper: First mobile device with rollable display available in 2007
We have recently reported that rollable display devices are “getting ready for mass markets”. This week “Polymer Vision” and Telecom Italia announced an agreement that they will together develop and market the first available mobile device with such a display. The Cellular-Book, as the device is called, is expected to be available to consumers during 2007. The device will be presented to the Industry at…
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FutureTech: Peugeot announces Design Contest Finalists
French car manufacturer Peugeot has announced the top 10 finalists of its “annual design contest”. Great art work and ideas. More information at…
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Electronic Paper: Getting ready for mass production
We have introduced Plastic Logic electronic paper products last year in “another article” and just recently they have received a USD 100 Million cash injection from investors to build a factory for mass production in Dresden, Germany until the end of 2007. On the same day competitor and Phillips incubator Polymer Vision announced in a “press release” that it will become an independent company – a first step to raise new capital expected to be in the region of about USD 100 Million as well. In the same press release Polymer Vision said that it is planning to start volume production of its 5-inch monochrome rollable display during 2007 in cooperation with existing partners…
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Research: What people actually need and want from technology
Technology-related products and services will increasingly be shaped by 12 underlying principles, or “technology values”. These values – such as simplicity, efficiency, and personalization – represent the characteristics that consumers will look for in products, services, and technologies over the next 10 to 15 years. This is the conclusion of a new study from the [...]
Electronic Paper: One step closer with Plastic Logic’s new display
UK based Plastic Logic today announced its latest 150dpi flexible display technology. It is demonstrating it this week during the Plastic Electronics conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Electronic Paper displays are displays with paper-like high contrast appearance, ultra-low power consumption, and are thin and flexible together with being much lighter compared to today’s screens. They give [...]
How NASA imagined space colonies in the 1970s
During the 1970s NASA Ames has conducted a series of space colony summer studies. Colonies housing for about 10,000 people were designed and a number of really amazing artistic renderings of the concepts created. The Library with the full size images is accessible here Thumbnails of some of the images are shown below. images courtesy [...]
